About annual balance sheets

These releases provide estimates of assets, liabilities, and net worth held by New Zealand businesses, households, and government.

This new balance sheet information is part of a project to fill gaps in New Zealand’s current suite of national accounts. These gaps make it difficult to relate economic growth to the accumulation of wealth, and to understand how financial shocks affect the productive economy. By filling these gaps government, businesses, and households will have more economic information to make informed decisions and better understand the flow of money and risk across the economy.